Bundle-wrapper for cigars



(NoModeL) A. 81; J. MIOHALITSGHKE. BUNDLE WRAPPER FOR CIGARS.

No. 462,099. Patented Oct. 27, 1891.

UNITED STATES Parana" FFIQE,

ANTON MIOIIAIIITSOHKE AND JOSEPH MIOl-IALITSOIIKE, OF SAN FRANCISCO,

CALIFORNIA.

BUNDLE-WRAPPER FOR CIGARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,099, dated October27, 1891.

7 Application filed April 1'7, 1891. Serial No. 389.358 (N model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ANTON MIOHALIT- SCHKE and JOSEPH MIoHALrrsoHKE,citizens of the United States, residing in the city and 5 county of SanFrancisco, State of California,

' have invented an Improved Bundle-Trap ping for Cigars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

It is the custom at the present time among manufacturers of cigars tocover the bundles of the finer grades of goods before packing in the boxwith a paper wrapping that completely envelops or covers both ends andthe sides of the bundle and to secure this wrapping by bands or ribbons.The brand or quality and other characteristics of the cigars containedin the bundle are usually certified to by printing on this wrapping thename or trade-mark of the manufacturer, and thus the v C u 2o purchaseris assured of the genuineness of the cigars by the condition of theenvelope or wrapping and its fastenings at the time of purchase, for thecontents of the package cannot Well be tampered with by unscrupulousdealers without defacing the wrapping; but, while this method ofpreserving intact the original bundle insures the general character ofthe cigars in it under the manufacturers guarantee, it is objectionableon sev- 3o eral grounds, but chiefly because the cigars are entirelycovered and concealed from view, so that the color and other individualqualities cannot be seen and examined before purchasing withoutdisturbing the wrap pings or its fastenings.

The object of our invention is to provide a paper wrapping for cigars inthe original bundle or. package that while serving to protect thecontents from dampness and to prevent the bundle from being tamperedwith will afford access to aportion of the bundle forconvenientlyinspecting the color and other characteristics of the cigarswithout destroying or defacing the original wrapper or removing thebands or ribbons that secure it in place on the bundle and without thepossibility of removing the cigars.

We secure the desired end and object and produce the paper wrapping thatpermits the bundle to be inspected without injuring the wrapper orremoving the fastenings by means of the construction hereinafterdescribed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of an open box containing two bundleswith our wrappers upon them. Fig. 2 is a view with the wrapping removedand spread out.

A is the wrapping, which is made ofoilnaper or paraffine-paper or otherpaper not affected by moisture. In this respect it does not differ fromthose already used for the pur pose.

B is a line of perforations in the center portion of the wrapper or thatpart which comes uppermost when the bundle is packed in the box. Theseperforations are arranged either in a semicircle or in a curved line, orin straight lines forming the sides of a rectangle, and are sufficientlyclose together to permit the paper to be separated on that line or linesin such manner that the portion sepa rated can be turned back or raisedto uncover and expose a portion'of one or of several of the cigarsbeneath, The flap or portion of the wrapper thus formed by theperforation is still attached to the body of the wrapping and forms apart of it, serving always to cover the openings thus afforded forinspection. A semicircular or curved line of perforations is preferredfor the reason that the flap having that outline will present no cornersto curl up and will lie smoothly in place. The line of perforations alsoshould be disposed in such relation to the matter printed on thewrapping that the reading-matter or the principal features of thetrade-mark are not destroyed or defaced, or this printed matter shouldbe properly arranged 011 the front of the wrapping to the same end.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described bundle-wrapper for cigars, having a line or linesof perforations on the front which extend partially around asuitably-shaped portion of the wrapping and terminate at the ends of oneside of said por- In testimony that We claim the foregoing tion to forma flap when separated along the we have hereunto set our hands.perforations and to give said flap a perma- 1 7 v n nent and unbrokenattachment to the bodyof 5 the Wrapping on the imperforate side,wherebyA the flap may be raised and the cigars seen Witnesses: withontthepossibility of removing tl1em,sub- E. M. MORGAN,

' st-antially as and for the purpose set forth. W. S. MORGAN.

